THEODORA GOLD HISTAMENON – VIRGIN MARY AND EMPRESS TYPE – AU NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 19671)

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19671. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. THEODORA, AD 1055–1056.
Gold Histamenon Nomisma, 4.42 g, 24 mm. Issue of Constantinople.
Obv. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM, Christ standing, facing, holding the Gospels. Rev. +ΘЄΟΔωPA AYΓΟYCTA, the Virgin and Theodora, standing, facing, holding a labarum between them, M–Θ flanking the Virgin.
Sear 1837.
NGC graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “slight bend, light marks, brushed,” a well centered specimen from Theodora’s short reign, with an exceptional rendering of the empress and Virgin, whose heads and facial expressions are clearly discernible.